Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What Is Voter Fraud? -- Are U.S. Elections Vulnerable to Voter Fraud? -- Evidence from the States -- Would the Rational Voter Commit Fraud? -- The Political Work of Fraud Allegations -- Voter Fraud Allegations and Their Consequences -- Allegations of Voter Fraud in the 2004 Election Cycle -- Selected State Election Codes and Case Law Criminalizing Election Fraud in Twelve States -- The Quest for Federal Data on Voter Fraud -- Steps in Extracting Voter Fraud Records from the Federal Court Cases Integrated Database -- Reconciling Differences in Agency Coding of Federal Election Law Violations -- Oregon Election Law Complaints -- Notes -- Index.